New Hampshire Gov.
John Lynch, New Senator Jeanne Shaheen and House members Carol Shea-Porter and
Paul Hodes celebrated the inauguration of President Obama at a "Grits and
Granite Ball" in Virginia last night.
New Hampshire congressional representatives Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes also voted
with the majority of the House to expand government-sponsored health coverage
to children.
Congressman Peter
Welch and his fellow New Hampshire Democrats Paul Hodes and Carol Shea-Porter
lost an attempt to resurrect a bill to punish price-gouging at the gas pump.
Congressman Peter
Welch, and New
Hampshire’s
Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes voted in the House to give unemployed
Americans an extra three months of jobless benefits. But the measure failed to
draw enough votes to pass.
Congressman Peter
Welch, and New
Hampshire’s
Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes voted with the majority of the House to
effectively deny President Bush a vote any time soon on a free trade agreement
with Colombia, a key South American ally.
Vermont
Congressman Peter Welch and New Hampshire’s Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes have voted with
the majority of the House to pass a global AIDS bill authorizing $50 billion
in spending over five years.